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9780781721349

High-Yield Histology

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  • ISBN13:

    9780781721349

  • ISBN10:

    0781721342

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-03-01
  • Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Summary

Now in its updated Third Edition, High-Yield Histology extracts the most important information on histology and presents it in a concise, uncluttered fashion to prepare students for the USMLE. The book also serves as an excellent course review, with illustrations and hundreds of review questions. High-Yield means exactly that...readers reap maximum benefits from very focused study.

Table of Contents

Preface xiii
Cell Biology
1(18)
Nuclear structures
1(1)
Cytoplasm
2(1)
Cytoplasmic structures
2(4)
Cytoskeleton
6(1)
Cell membrane
7(3)
Cell cycle
10(1)
Apoptosis
11(1)
Cell inclusions
11(2)
Selected photomicrographs
13(6)
Epithelium
19(6)
Introduction
19(1)
Classification
19(1)
Polarity
19(3)
Clinical considerations
22(1)
Selected photomicrographs
22(3)
Connective Tissue
25(6)
Introduction
25(1)
Ground substance
25(1)
Fibers
25(1)
Cells
26(2)
Clinical considerations
28(2)
Selected photomicrographs
30(1)
Cartilage
31(2)
Introduction
31(1)
Ground substance
31(1)
Fibers
31(1)
Cells
31(1)
Blood vessels and nerves
31(1)
Chondrogenesis
31(1)
Hormonal influence
32(1)
Repair
32(1)
Bone
33(8)
Introduction
33(1)
Ground substance
33(1)
Fibers
33(1)
Cells
33(1)
Blood vessels and nerves
34(1)
Osteogenesis
34(1)
Bone repair
35(1)
Hormonal influence
35(1)
Clinical considerations
36(1)
Cartilage and bone comparison
37(1)
Selected photomicrographs
38(3)
Muscle
41(10)
Skeletal muscle
41(5)
Cardiac muscle
46(1)
Smooth muscle
46(1)
Comparisons and contrasts
47(1)
Selected photomicrographs
48(3)
Nervous Tissue
51(12)
The neuron
51(1)
Neuroglial cells
52(3)
The blood-brain barrier
55(1)
The blood-CSF barrier
55(1)
Nerve degeneration and regeneration
55(1)
Clinical considerations
56(1)
Selected photomicrographs
57(6)
Heart and Blood Vessels
63(15)
Heart layers
63(2)
Contraction of cardiac myocytes
65(1)
Conduction system
65(2)
Neural regulation of heart rate
67(1)
Enzyme levels in myocardial infarction
68(1)
Blood vessels
68(2)
Functions of endothelium
70(1)
Blood flow
70(1)
Types of circulation
71(1)
Selected photomicrographs
72(6)
Blood
78(17)
Plasma
78(1)
Red blood cells
78(1)
Hemoglobin
79(1)
Blood gas exchange
79(2)
White blood cells
81(2)
Hypersensitivity reactions
83(1)
Platelets
84(1)
Hemostasis
84(2)
Selected photomicrographs
86(9)
Thymus
95(3)
Thymic cortex
95(1)
Thymic medulla
95(1)
Maturation of T cells
95(1)
Blood-thymus barrier
95(2)
Involution of the thymus
97(1)
Thymectomy
97(1)
Lymph Node
98(3)
Outer cortex
98(1)
Inner cortex
98(1)
Medulla
98(1)
Flow of lymph
98(1)
Flow of blood
98(1)
Clinical consideration
99(1)
Selected photomicrographs
100(1)
Spleen
101(2)
White pulp
101(1)
Marginal zone
101(1)
Red pulp
101(1)
Blood flow
101(1)
Clinical considerations
101(2)
Stomach
103(3)
Mucosa
103(1)
Gastric glands
103(2)
Gastric emptying
105(1)
Repair (regeneration)
105(1)
Clinical considerations
105(1)
Small Intestine
106(5)
Mucosa
106(1)
Intestinal glands (crypts of Lieberkuhn)
107(1)
Gut-associated lymphatic tissue
107(1)
Repair (regeneration)
107(1)
Clinical considerations
107(4)
Large Intestine (Colon)
111(5)
Anal canal
111(1)
Mucosa
111(1)
Intestinal glands
111(1)
Gut-associated lymphatic tissue
111(1)
Repair (regeneration)
111(1)
Clinical considerations
111(5)
Liver
116(7)
Hepatocytes
116(1)
Kupffer cells
117(1)
Lipocytes (fat-storing cells; Ito cells)
117(1)
Classic liver lobule
117(1)
Liver acinus
118(1)
Lymph
118(1)
Repair (regeneration)
119(1)
Clinical considerations
119(1)
Selected photomicrographs
120(3)
Exocrine Pancreas and Islets of Langerhans
123(7)
Exocrine pancreas
123(1)
Islets of Langerhans
123(1)
Insulin receptor and signal transduction
123(3)
Clinical considerations
126(2)
Selected photomicrographs
128(2)
Respiratory System
130(6)
Conduction portion
130(1)
Respiratory portion
131(1)
Surfactant
131(1)
Components of the blood-air barrier
131(1)
Repair (regeneration)
131(1)
Clinical considerations
131(2)
Selected photomicrographs
133(3)
Urinary System
136(11)
Renal (uriniferous) tubules
136(1)
Nephrons
136(1)
The collecting duct
137(1)
Filtration barrier
137(1)
The juxtaglomerular complex
138(1)
Histophysiology
138(1)
The countercurrent multiplier system
138(1)
The countercurrent exchanger system
139(1)
Glomerular filtration rate
139(1)
Clearance
140(1)
Clinical considerations
141(1)
Selected photomicrographs
142(5)
Hypophysis
147(3)
The adenohypophysis
147(1)
Hormonal secretion
147(1)
The neurohypophysis
148(2)
Thyroid
150(6)
Thyroid follicles
150(1)
Follicular cells
150(1)
Functions of T3 and T4
150(2)
Parafollicular cells
152(1)
Clinical considerations
152(2)
Selected photomicrographs
154(2)
Parathyroid
156(2)
Chief cells
156(1)
Oxyphil cells
156(1)
Calcium homeostasis
156(1)
Clinical considerations
156(2)
Adrenal
158(9)
Cortex
158(3)
The medulla
161(4)
Selected photomicrographs
165(2)
Female Reproductive System
167(11)
Adult ovary (cortex)
167(1)
Corpus luteum
167(1)
Uterine tubes
167(1)
Uterus
168(3)
Cervix
171(1)
Vagina
171(1)
Mammary gland
172(1)
Selected photomicrographs
173(5)
Male Reproductive System
178(12)
Seminiferous tubules
178(1)
Spermiogenesis
178(1)
Sperm morphology
179(1)
Leydig (interstitial) cells
179(3)
Prostate gland
182(1)
Clinical considerations
182(1)
Selected photomicrographs
183(7)
Skin
190(3)
Epidermis
190(1)
Dermis
190(1)
Glands
190(1)
Nerves
191(1)
Clinical considerations
192(1)
Ear
193(3)
Tympanic membrane (eardrum)
193(1)
Membranous labyrinth
193(2)
Clinical consideration
195(1)
Eye
196(6)
Cornea
196(1)
Limbus
196(1)
Retina
196(1)
Visual transduction
196(3)
Clinical considerations
199(1)
Selected photomicrographs
200(2)
Cerebral Cortex
202(3)
Cytoarchitecture
202(1)
Organization
202(1)
Selected photomicrographs
203(2)
Cerebellar Cortex
205(4)
Cytoarchitecture
205(3)
Cerebellar glomerulus
208(1)
Clinical considerations
208(1)
Index 209

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